The FAC Wien Herald
Squad26 Jul 2027
99 days out for Mirnes Bećirović after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. FAC Wien will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The terraces26 Jul 2027
The mood at FAC Wien has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
An offer of $1.2M for Ange Ahoussou
FAC Wien have gone to Rapid Wien with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at FAC Wien
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad26 Jul 2027
A row about effort at FAC Wien
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lee Kang-Hee was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz tell FAC Wien: Richard Strebinger is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market26 Jul 2027
FAC Wien promote Gernot Weimann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gernot Weimann has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market26 Jul 2027
Patrick Baumgartner steps up from the FAC Wien academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Baumgartner has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
Dejan Sabitzer steps up from the FAC Wien academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dejan Sabitzer has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Sebastian Laimer steps up from the FAC Wien academy
- Squad Patrick Touray in a row with a teammate
- The dugout Constantin Reiner knocks on the manager’s door